St. Antonius Church (Bad Grund)
The St. Antonius Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Bad Grund (Harz) . The miner's church is clad in slate on the outside and has a wooden barrel vault on the inside. It is equipped with a gallery.
history
The wooden chapel in Grund, initially assigned to the St. Mauritius parish in Gittelde , which was probably built between 1460 and 1480 by the hut owner at the time, Hans Streit, was elevated to an independent parish church on June 29, 1505. The first pastor was Rötger Pengna. It is not known when the Reformation was finally carried out.
The present church rises on the foundations of the original chapel. In 1568 a renovation took place in which Henricus Schrader donated an altar. When the city was sacked by Wallenstein's troops on February 10, 1626, the church burned down and was rebuilt in 1640. The church tower was also completed in 1640
A fundamental renovation was carried out in 1891.
Chimes
The oldest surviving bell was cast by Conrad Michael in the middle of the 18th century. Two more bells were delivered in 1942 for armament purposes and melted down. They were replaced in 1947 by two cast iron bells from Weule (Bockenem). After damage was found during an overhaul, new bronze bells were procured in 2005.
literature
- 450 years of the mining town of Bad Grund (Harz) . Special edition of the magazine "Der Oberharzer". 1982
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Kaiser: Harz. DuMont Reiseverlag, 2006, ISBN 377016394X , page 80.
- ^ Christian Kaiser: Harz. DuMont Reiseverlag, 2006, ISBN 377016394X , page 80.
Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 36 ″ N , 10 ° 14 ′ 12 ″ E